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LEG POR BATH TUBS.

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DAVID D. BUICK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

LEG FOR BATH-TU BS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,254, dated May 3, 1898.

Application led August 11, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID D. BUICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Legs for Bath-Tubs, &c., of which the following is a specification, reference being'had therein to the accompanying drawings.

YIt is the object of my invention to obtain a construction of detachable leg for bath-tubs, &c., which may be quickly attached and displaced.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan View of a portion of the bath-tub to which my invention is applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through one of the legs secured in position. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the manner of attaching it. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the leg detached.

A is the bottom of the bath-tub or the base of the article to which the leg is to be at- B is the leg, which maybe of any suitable a semi-annular bearing-ange C, extending around the front and sides of the leg, and the lug or tongue D, projecting laterally from the rear side.

E and F are opposite shoulders of the leg, the former being formed by the inner face of the iiange C and the latter arranged at the base of the lug D. v

G and H are lugs projecting from the base A, preferably cast integral therewith. The lug G is of a segmental shape, adapted to form a shoulder against which the shoulder E on the flange C abuts whenthe leg is secured to the base, while the lug H forms a shoulder against which the shoulder F'bears, the two shoulders E and F serving to hold the leg from lateral movement and forming what I shall call a shoulder-seat. I is a strap or iiange, also preferably cast integral with the base, arranged in rear of the klug H and ex- Serial No. 647,807. (No model.)

' tending beneath the lug D when the latter is 5o in position.

J is a set-screw passing through the `strap I and detachably secured therein, preferably .by means of the nut K engaging with the recess on the inner face of the strap I.

5 5 The parts being thus constructed, to attach the leg to the base it is inclined sufficiently to enter the lug or tongue D beneath the strap I and is then seated with the shoulders E and F against the shoulders G and H, respectively, 6o

after which the set-screw J is adjusted, so as to bear against the lug D and hold the leg to its seat.

What I claim as my invention isl. The combination with a base having a 65 v shouldered seat formed thereon, and a strap or horizontal flange beside said seat, of a leg adapted to be engaged with said seat so as to be held thereby from lateral movement in any direction,a laterally-extending tongue on said 7o leg adapted to be engaged above said strap by inclining the leg before engaging it with its seat and a set-screw in said strap adapted to clamp said tongue to hold the leg to its seat.

2. The combination with a base, having a 75 shouldered seat formed thereon, of a leg adapted to engage with said seat and provided with a laterally-extendin g lu g or tongue, a strap or ange on said base projecting beneath said lug or tongue, and a set-screw on 8o said strap or lian ge adapted to clamp said lug or tongue against the base to secure the leg from displacement. Y

3. The combination with a base, having the lugs G and H formed thereon, of a leg hav- 85 ing the shoulders E and F adapted to bear against the lugs G and H, and the lug or tongue D projecting from one side thereof;

ythe strap or flange I on the base projecting beneath the lug or tongue D and the set-screw 9o 

